Obit: Wedeking, Fred (1892 – 1969)

Contact: stan@wiclarkcountyhistory.org 

Surnames: Wedeking, Holtzhausen, Sterling, Laabs, Ridderbusch, Lieders

----Source: Tribune/Phonograph (Abbotsford, Clark Co., Wis.) 02/27/1969

Wedeking, Fred (25 APR 1892 – 14 FEB 1969)

Funeral services for Fred Wedeking, 76, a former Abbotsford resident, who died at St. Joseph’s Hospital, February 14, 1969 were held the following Monday. The Rev. Lillian Jensen of the Christian Assembly of God Church conducted the services at the Polnaszek Funeral home, Abbotsford, after which interment was made in the Abbotsford Cemetery.

The pallbearers were his only surviving brother, William P. Wedeking of Chelsea, Al Holtzhausen, Ned Sterling, Ben Laabs, Fred Ridderbusch and Orville Lieders Sr., all of Abbotsford.

Mr. Wedeking was born April 25, 1892 at Tobias, Nebraska, and came to Abbotsford at an early age. He received his education in the Abbotsford public schools and spent most of his life at Abbotsford. He was employed as a mail carrier for many years.

The past five years he resided at the Home for the Aged at Greenwood.

He was preceded in death by one brother and three sisters.